Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Former NFL player living in Cincinnati files lawsuit against Monsanto, creator of Roundup
Former NFL player and ESPN analyst Merril Hoge is suing the company that produces Roundup, saying that the product caused his cancer.
In a complaint filed in July and obtained by PEOPLE, Hoge claims that he developed non-Hodgskins Lymphoma “as a direct and proximate result of being exposed to Roundup,” which he used extensively while working on an Idaho farm as a young teenager beginning in 1977.
Hoge’s complaint also says that Monsanto “was aware of glyphosate’s carcinogenic properties” as early as the 1980s, but marketed the weed killing product with “false, misleading and untrue” information about the product’s safety. The complaint goes on to cite several reports that find glyphosate, the predominant ingredient in Roundup, to be harmful.
https://people.com/health/former-steelers-player-merril-hoge-suing-maker-of-roundup/
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